LRC621S - LITERARY CRITICISM - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2022


LRC621S - LITERARY CRITICISM - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2022



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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BENL
LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE: LRC621S
COURSE NAME: LITERARYCRITICISM
SESSION: November 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: (PAPER1)
MARKS: 75
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S} Ms. N.N Ndatyapo
Ms. S. Benhard
MODERATOR: Prof. H.Z Woldemariam
INSTRUCTIONS
l. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. Write the name of your lecturer clearly on the cover of your
examination book.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _2_ PAGES {Including this front page)

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Question 1
1.1 Briefly, explain the following concepts from Literary Criticism:
a) Catharsis
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b) Hamartia
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c) Tragedy
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d) Deus ex machine
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e) Rationalism
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Question 2
2.1 Write short answers (100 words) on the following topics:
a) Mention and explain the grounds from which Plato objected poetry.
b) Dryden on the function of poetry.
c) Wordsworth
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Question 3
Write an essay of about 500 words in which you discuss the tenets and methods of New Criticism. [25J
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